CVE-2025-5948 Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via claim_business
Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to admin by exploiting improper identity validation in the claim_business action.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5948?
CVE-2025-5948 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to claiming a business when using the claim_business AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins. Please note that subscriber privileges or brute-forcing are needed when completing the business takeover. The claim_id is needed to takeover the admin account, but brute-forcing is a practical approach to obtaining valid IDs.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5948?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5948?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-5948 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5948 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qqp4-w394-8p76.